My economy is doing great.

A few excerpts from: USA TODAY, “Trump says economy is great. We should definitely trust him” by Rex Huppke, USA TODAY Updated Sun, October 4, 2026

President Donald Trump, who never does anything wrong, shocked the nation this past week by admitting he has done something wrong.

With midterm elections fast approaching and polling on the economy not looking good for Republicans, Trump told reporters on Oct. 1: “There’s never been a job done like we’ve done, but we haven’t gotten the word out. So I say we’ve done a bad public relations job.”

A day earlier, the president said: “We have the best economy anywhere in the world. There’s no economy like this economy. And the only thing we don’t have is good public relations. We don’t seem to be able to get the word across.”

So the one thing President Trump has done wrong, in his opinion, is this: He has failed to effectively tell us how great everything is. The high mortgage rates you are reckoning with, and the wages that aren’t keeping up with inflation, are all the result of bad PR.

Well, I certainly hope the president doesn’t put all this on himself. I think the real problem is WE have failed to notice how great everything is, probably because we can’t afford gas to drive around and see all the greatness, or maybe because we passed out at the grocery store when we saw a box of Frosted Mini-Wheats cost $9.19.

Shame on us for not better observing this ongoing Golden Age.

“We have inflation totally in control and we’ve done a great job,” Trump said Oct. 1.

[Inflation is higher and still rising] than when Trump took office in January 2025, which means it’s down as long as we patriotically stand on our heads.

The president continued: “We have the most successful period of time for a president in terms of building our country in the history of our country. There’s never been a time like this. We were a dead country just two years ago and now we’re the hottest country in the world.”

TRUMPFLATION

So really folks, what’s y0ur problem — except for inflation, war, American soldiers injured and dying, American children sickening and dying from measles, Trump’s Gestapo running wild, the stealing by the most corrupt President in American history, and his lies, lies, lies?

This is the Golden Age (for Trump and his family). Hey, let’s name another street after him and build his expensive arch. Maybe Trump’s no-bid “pool pal” can build it. Who cares that Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security are broke?

Rodger Malcolm Mitchell